
Real Talk
Real Talk
Microaggressions
Microaggressions, first created by Harvard Professor Chester Middlebrook then further developed by Counseling Psychologist Derald Wing Sue defines microaggressions as brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative slights or insults to a target person or group. What do you do when you receive them, what do you do when you commit them.
References
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Sue, D. W., Spanierman, L., (2020) Revised Edition of Microaggressions in everyday life. Hoboken, NJ. Wiley.
Torino, G. (2017, November 10) How racism and microaggressions lead to worse health. Retrieved from https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/2017/11/08/how-racism-and-microaggressions-lead-worse-health